ACL HIRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-17 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-03
Watchouts
Cash
£67K
+6,600% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-46.7% vs 2023
Employees
59
+11.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-120% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Subsequent to the reporting date, the board approved a restructuring plan which includes the closure of the Company and the transfer of a substantial proportion of the operations and assets to the parent undertaking, Avis Budget UK Limited. As a result, the Company is expected to cease trading and commence an orderly wind-down of its activities.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ACL HIRE LIMITED 2016-02-04 → present
- ARMADALE COMMERCIALS LIMITED 1998-06-10 → 2016-02-04
- PLACE D'OR 476 LIMITED 1998-05-14 → 1998-06-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,385,000 | £25,454,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,212,000 | -£3,157,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,496,000 | -£1,901,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,493,000 | -£1,914,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £67,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,116,000 | £10,215,000 | |
| Net assets | £19,102,000 | £10,188,000 | |
| Equity | £19,102,000 | £10,188,000 | |
| Average employees | 53 | 59 | |
| Wages | £1,701,000 | £1,786,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 35.1% | -12.4% | |
| Net margin | 40.6% | -7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.0% | -30.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.4% | 24.8% | |
| Current ratio | 8.01x | 3.97x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Subsequent to the reporting date, the board approved a restructuring plan which includes the closure of the Company and the transfer of a substantial proportion of the operations and assets to the parent undertaking, Avis Budget UK Limited. As a result, the Company is expected to cease trading and commence an orderly wind-down of its activities.”
Significant events
- “Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond, the Directors have approved a restructuring plan which will include the closure of the Company and subsequent transfer of a substantial proportion of the operations and assets to the parent undertaking, Avis Budget UK Limited. As a result, it is expected that the Company will cease trading and commence an orderly wind down of its activities within 12 months of the signing date of the Financial Statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LALL, Inderpal | Secretary | 2020-02-03 | — | — |
| CALABRIA, David Thomas | Director | 2024-10-15 | Sep 1974 | American |
| LOVEDAY, Matthew Henry | Director | 2023-02-16 | Mar 1987 | British |
| OLIVIER-SMITH, Alan Christopher | Director | 2021-12-31 | Nov 1971 | English |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Gail Marion | Secretary | 2017-11-09 | 2018-07-20 |
| MANNION, Thomas Matthew | Secretary | 2018-07-20 | 2020-02-03 |
| PETERKINS, SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-05-14 | 2010-07-01 |
| BELL, Nina Anne | Director | 2017-11-09 | 2021-12-31 |
| FORD, Paul Leslie | Director | 2021-10-15 | 2024-10-15 |
| HARRIS, James William Richard | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2017-11-09 |
| HARRIS, William | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2017-11-09 |
| KIGHTLEY, Mark John | Director | 2017-11-09 | 2019-08-14 |
| TURNER, Jason Christopher Godsell | Director | 2019-08-14 | 2021-12-31 |
| PETERKINS SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-05-14 | 1999-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avis Budget Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-24 | Active |
| J & W Harris Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+8.8%
£23,385,000 £25,454,000
-
Cash
+6,600%
£1,000 £67,000
-
Net assets
-46.7%
£19,102,000 £10,188,000
-
Employees
+11.3%
53 59
-
Operating profit
-138.4%
£8,212,000 -£3,157,000
-
Profit before tax
-120%
£9,496,000 -£1,901,000
-
Wages
+5%
£1,701,000 £1,786,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers